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RICHARD ANTHONY, OF PITTSTON, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDTHOMAS WILLIAMS, OFLUZERNE OOUNTY,PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 99,279, dated February l, 1870; aittedated J tm'uary19, 1870.

IMPROVED RAILWAY-RAIL CHAIR.

The Schedule refenfedio in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame- To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHXRD ANTHONY, ofPittston, in the county of Luzerne, and in the State-of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Chairs;and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to thc letters of reference marked thereon. A

The nature of my invention consists in the construction aud arrangementof a railroad-chair, and the I nanner of securing the same to the rails.

In order to enable others skilled` in the art to which my inventionappertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, whichform a part o'f this specification, and in which- Figure l is an endview of the chair;

Figure 2 is a perspective of the"tie inverted; and

Figure 3 is a-plan view of the tie. Y

Letter A represents an ordinary rail, .which is secured in place bymeans of the chair B. This chair consists of two parts, one on'eachside' ofthe rail, and so formed on their inner sides as to snugly fitover the lower parts of'the rail, and having a shoulder formed on theirlower ends, extending inward.

Passing through the two parts of' the chair, and binding theln firmlytogether, is the tie O, which has a raised projection extending alongpart of its under side. The ends of this. projection rest upon the topof the shoulders formed on the chair, and hold the parts at their properdistance apart.

In each end of the tie there is a hole made, through which the keys orpins D are passed, which lockv the whole firmly and securely together.

By the use 0f this chair, punching of the rails may be avoided; brokenones can be readily repaired, thus saving the time and expense ofprocuring others.- It forms a firm, substantial, and yet an elasticsupport for the joints, and holds the rails so firmly together that theyform, as it were, a continuous rail, and'thus prevents all jarring andshaking of the cars, as they pass along.'

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, .is-

l. The tie C, having a projection formed on its lower side, so as tobear upon the shoulders and sides ofthe chair B, and constructed so asto be locked by the keys D, or their equivalents, substantially as setforth.

2. The tie G, keys D, chair B, and rail A, when yall are combined inthemanner and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand,this 12th day of May, 1869.

'RICHARD ANTHONY.

-XVitnesses L. B. ENsIGN, ELIsHA BLAGKMAX.

